NEWS ADVISORY

EVENT: Press Conference

LOCATION: ICTR-Press Office/Main Lobby

DATE/TIME: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 -- 1pm

Members of the Bureau of ICTR-ADAD (Association des Avocats de la Defence--the ICTR Defence Lawyers Association) and ICTR Defence Teams will meet with the Press representatives re:

1. The November 15 Declaration by ICTR Detainees asserting UN-“political prisoner” status.” [copies available] (ADAD stmnt)

2. The November 26 ADAD request for amicus status in the OTP request to transfer 4 cases to Rwanda. [copies avail.] (ADAD stmnt)

3. The “fair trial” implications of Rwanda’s prosecution of Rukundo Team investigator, Nshogoza, for “minimization of genocide,” for performing ICTR duties in Rwanda/Urgent need for UN Immunity: Judgement due 30 Nov. [Nov. 24 Open Letter/fact sheet.] (ADAD stmnt).

4. The ICTR Legacy : the meaning of former Chief Prosecutor Del Ponte’s 2003 removal from office, in retrospect. [available : Hartmann, ‘Paix et chatiment : les guerres de la politique et de la justice internationales’ (Paris, Flammarion, Sept. 2007) excerpts/ and Mil. 1 Exh. 365 (affidavit of former OTP-QC Michael Hourigan)]. (ADAD stmnt).

CONTACT:

Prof. Peter Erlinder, ADAD Pres. [E]: peter.erlinder@wmitchell.edu / 0787295177

Me. G. Otachi Bw’Omanwa, ADAD VP [E/Fr]: gershomotachi@yahoo.com / 0754378415

Me. Allison Turner, Rukundo Co-counsel [E/Fr]: allison.is@sympatico.ca / 0756604504

Me. John Philpot, ADAD Bureau [E/Fr]: jphilpot@videotron.ca / 0755352931